The Corralitas Red Car Property was a private right-of-way through Silver Lake (Los Angeles) for the Pacific Electric interurban streetcar. The “Big Red Cars” ran until 1955 when the Glendale Line was decommissioned for freeway construction. For almost 40 years, a series of developers tried and failed to develop the Corralitas Red Car Property. It's not a park, it just looks like one.

Photo: Diane Edwardson, May 24, 2016. It's hard to tell, but the wall with graffiti on it, is hidden behind the Black Walnut Tree.

Also worth noting are the low, green "bushes." Those are not bushes, but protected native Black Walnut Trees that were cut down 2 years ago without permits. They have been regenerating as native trees in the right habitat will do. We addressed this in the past as well as after the Silver Lake Fire and will address this again as we have extensive archives.In my experience, if they're cutting down trees on a Saturday, they likely don't have a permits to remove the protected native trees. This lot does not appear to have the same address as the lot which received a permit to remove one protected native Black Walnut Tree.

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Community Residents’ Association for Parks is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization formed in 1997 by our Silver Lake neighborhood. We are dedicated to acquisition and preservation of the Corralitas Red Car Property as a park in partnership with the Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy.
Contact: redcarproperty@gmail.com

Community Residents’ Association for Parks is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization formed in 1997 by our Silver Lake neighborhood. We are dedicated to acquisition and preservation of the Corralitas Red Car Property as a park in partnership with the Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy.